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Salary Increases (TD, JStew, and BRAYTON?!?)

hdevonxz

By hdevonxz,
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mountainpantherfan Newbie

mountainpantherfan

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Damn, TD was only making 700?? glad he got the increase. Despite the lack of publicity, he is a key to this defense.

This is the reason I do not like the current CBA and salary cap. I'm not for the NFL being uncapped but I drives me crazy how players like Davis are underpaid while someone like Landon Johnson is being overpaid.

I think the NFL would be so much more successful if the salary cap did not apply to players a team drafts. Create a separate cap for rookie drafted players and one for unrestricted free agents signed. All rookie contracts would be a max of two to three years. Once a drafted player's contract is up the team would be able to sign that player without it applying to any cap. That would allow the successful drafted players to get the bigger dollars sooner but also limit teams from having to "waste" so much on draft day busts.

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ChucktownK Newbie

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Restructuring allows you to take the money you convert from salary to Bonus to be prorated over the remainder of the contract. So it lowers the cap for this year. Guys like Jake can't be restructured because he is in his last year. That is why they would have to extend him and couldn't restructure him.

Ahh prorated is the keyword there. Thanks guy!

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Brooklyn Bully Newbie

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Add Otah to the list...

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/03/10/panthers-escalators-are-chewing-up-cap-space/

Panthers rookie tackle Jeff Otah, who started 12 games last season, did enough to trigger a $500,000 salary escalator under his contract, according to Steve Reed of CarolinaGrowl.com.

As a result, Otah’s base pay for 2009 has bumped from $1.325 million to $1.825 million.

The increase isn’t dramatic, but for a team with $16.68 million tied up in cap space for a guy who has said he doesn’t want to play for the team anymore, every dollar makes a difference.

In all, escalators earned by Otah, linebacker Thomas Davis ($1.5 million), linebacker Jon Beason ($365,000), running back Jonathan Stewart ($1 million), and defensive end Tyler Brayton ($300,000) have resulted in more than $3.6 million in additional 2009 cap obligations.

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ChucktownK Newbie

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true... the guy did have a career high 4.5 sacks last season.

I believe Brayton can thrive in this scheme. I'm quite sure that last season will boost his confidence and the team's confidence in him. It's probably just a matter of him acclimating to playing on a high caliber defense. ;)

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Pantherman Newbie

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Tyler bratyon is a okay DE. But panthers nerd to get a more solid and quicker DE in the draft this year. Brayton from my point of veiw does not produce the kind pressure panthers need up front. If panther are wanting to keep peppers for long haul. Panthers need to get a young quick DE in the draft that can produce. If not this could be fox's last year as a head coach. I think if fox can't make the superbow this year then he needs to be fired.

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